cooking island dimensions

TC Lk

26 June, 2016

Hi there also thinking of placing our hob on island..what are the dimensions of your island? thanks

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Hi, the island is 3100x1200mm. The worktop is the longest length I could get from a Silestone Jumbo Slab without any joins. Thanks
1 July, 2016
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Hi Carolina, Of course I don't mind you asking :) Firstly the space is a real challenge! The room is an S shape so it would have been very difficult to have a traditional layout of two adjacent walls with units, as I haven't really got two connecting walls without a door or window on them! The house was made up of lots of small rooms, which just didn't work at all! We had 6 fab and totally different layouts from our designer to consider right at the start, which was a huge and very challenging decision that I was petrified we were going to get wrong!! There are two smaller parts to the room; one where the dining table is and the second where the sofa is (both less than 2.8m wide) and had we used either space for the kitchen units, it would have felt narrow and quite confined and more like a galley kitchen. The other alternative we considered would have been not to have the bifolds or picture window and run units across one of those walls (a bit like the old kitchen which you've probably seen in a few pics too) We decided that as our house is all about the views and the garden, that wasn't a compromise we wanted to make. As we have a separate large living room our designer pushed us early on to make a decision on what the room was; did we want an open plan room with the kitchen being a part of it (along with dining and living spaces) ... or did we want the room to be a kitchen that had smaller areas for living and dining? We do a lot of informal entertaining with lots of people stood around having drinks and nibbles and chatting, so the main space being the kitchen was definitely our priority and the dining and living spaces took a background part, as we don't tend to sit at the dining table that often. Whilst it might look quite spaced out, because we use the kitchen for a lot of socialising it works brilliantly for us. The fridge is at the left hand side of the tall bank of units, which is about 1.2m (or 3 normal steps- just tried it) in a straight line from the island and that's where we do all our prep. All chopping boards, knives, utensils etc are in the drawers that end of the island, so super easy and close to get stuff out of the fridge and prep. Pots, pans and dishes are in the middle of the tall bank, which is a couple of meters to the hob and you only tend to get pans out when you start cooking. Plates are also in the drawers right next to the hob so just reach down and get them out to plate up. The hob is on the far end of the island, along with the ovens which is also just under 1.2m and 3 normal steps to the sink, so anything that needs draining is super close and in the drawers next to the sink we keep sieves, strainers, measuring jugs etc. Dishwasher is at the end of the sink run next to the dining table, so fab for clearing off the table and into the dishwasher. Probably the only part that is a little bit further is dishwasher to putting things away but you never tend to do that in a hurry, so it's a compromise we were willing to make. Pantry to the island is 4 normal steps so again if we need anything from there, not really an issue. 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